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Coffin Road

Coffin Road
  • Author(s): Peter May
  • Location(s): Isle of Harris
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 2012

A man stands bewildered on a deserted beach on the Hebridean Isle of Harris. He cannot remember who he is. The only clue to his identity is a folded map of a path named the Coffin Road. He does...

Emotional Geology

Emotional Geology
  • Author(s): Linda Gillard
  • Location(s): North Uist
  • Era(s): Modern

Rose Leonard is on the run from her life. Taking refuge in a remote island community, she cocoons herself in work, silence and solitude in a house by the sea. But she is haunted by her past, by memories...

I’ll Keep You Safe

I’ll Keep You Safe
  • Author(s): Peter May
  • Location(s): Isle of Lewis, Paris
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A stunning standalone thriller from Peter May, alternating between the glamorous fashion world of Paris and the rugged beauty of the Isle of Harris. WHATEVER HAPPENS Niamh and Ruairidh Macfarlane co-own the Hebridean company Ranish Tweed. On a business...

The Lost Lover

The Lost Lover
  • Author(s): Karen Swan
  • Location(s): Paris, St Kilda
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Turn of the 1930s

(The Wild Isle Series, 3) An epic, sweeping historical novel of second chances and lovers reunited . . . Flora MacQueen has always dreamt of more than life on the small Scottish island of St Kilda. So, when she...

Secrets of the Sea House

Secrets of the Sea House
  • Author(s): Elisabeth Gifford
  • Location(s): Isle of Harris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1860s, Modern

Scotland, 1860. Reverend Alexander Ferguson, naïve and newly-ordained, takes up his new parish, a poor, isolated patch on the Hebridean island of Harris. His time on the island will irrevocably change the course of his life, but the white...

Island of Wings

Island of Wings
  • Author(s): Karin Altenberg
  • Location(s): St Kilda
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1830

1830. Neil and Lizzie MacKenzie, a newly married young couple, arrive at the remotest part of the British Isles: St Kilda. He is a minister determined to save the souls of the pagan inhabitants: his pregnant wife speaks no...

The Blackhouse

The Blackhouse
  • Author(s): Peter May
  • Location(s): Isle of Lewis
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 2000s

From the back cover: A brutal killing takes place on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland: a land of harsh beauty and inhabitants of deep-rooted faith. A MURDER: Detective Inspector Fin Macleod is sent from Edinburgh to investigate. For Lewis-born...

The House Between Tides

The House Between Tides
  • Author(s): Sarah Maine
  • Location(s): The Outer Hebrides
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

A beautiful debut novel set in the Outer Hebrides, The House Between Tides strips back layers of the past to reveal a dark mystery. In the present day, Hetty Deveraux returns to the family home of Muirlan House on...

The Lewis Man: Book Two of the Lewis Trilogy

The Lewis Man: Book Two of the Lewis Trilogy
  • Author(s): Peter May
  • Location(s): Isle of Lewis
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

A MAN WITH NO NAME. An unidentified corpse is recovered from a Lewis peat bog: the only clue to its identity being a DNA sibling match to a local farmer. A MAN WITH NO MEMORY. But this islander, Tormod...

An Island Christmas

An Island Christmas
  • Author(s): Jenny Colgan
  • Location(s): The Outer Hebrides
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Christmas on the remote Scottish island of Mure is bleak, stark – and incredibly beautiful. It’s a time for hunkering down, getting cosy in front of whisky barrel wood fires, and enjoying a dram with the people you love...

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